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Planta Med 1988; 54(2): 173-174
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962384
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Chemical Constituents of Buxus sempervirens

 Atta-ur-Rahman1 , Dildar Ahmed1 , M. Iqbal Choudhary1 , Songul Turkoz2 , Bilge Sener2
  • 1H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-32, Pakistan.
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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1987

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24 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Buxus sempervirens (Buxaceae) of Turkish origin has yielded a new steroidal alkaloid, (-)-(Z)-buxenone (1) along with its known isomer (-)-(E)-buxenone (2). The plant also yielded 4′,5-dihydroxy-3,3′,6,7-tetramethoxyflavone (3) and artemetin (5-hydroxy-3,3′,4′,6,7-pentamethoxyflavone) (4). These flavones have not been isolated from Buxus species previously.